2025 Qualifiers and Alternates
Last update: 3/18/2025 4:15 PM
Policy Debate
State Qualifiers:
Julia Jiayi Ye & Mercy Li - Interlake
Eva Olteanu & Aaron Wang - Interlake
Kian Naeemi & Tommy Woo - Garfield
Sawyer Flanery-Rye & Jeremy Paw - Garfield
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
Lincoln Douglas Debate
State Qualifiers:
Stanley Huang - Newport
Yining Guo - Newport
James Young - Mercer Island
Ruike Pan - Eastside Prep
Yeriel Kim - Overlake
Rose Min - Overlake
Jayden Park - Interlake
James Y. Sun - Bellevue
Alice Feng - Eastside Prep
1st Alt. Emma Shi - Mercer Island
2nd Alt. Oliver Chen - Interlake
Public Forum Debate
State Qualifiers:
Alex Stewart & Audrey Yang - Eastside Prep
Muadh Muhammed Chummun & Jadyn Li - Overlake
Rohan Chopra & James Lai - Overlake
Yash Kothari & Filipe Owen Scorsatto Botelho - Bellevue
Stacey Gapesina & Ananya Kunnath - Mount Si
Luke Scott & Vihaan Venna - Mount Si
Rithika M. Binu & Rajiv Kirshna Nemani - Interlake
Stella Bie & Rishi Srinivas Ramaswamy - Interlake
Fred Coddon & Cyrus Oommen - Eastside Prep
1st Alt. Vansh Chopra & Zia Shaikh - Bellevue
2nd Alt. Sneha Aeron & Leanna Jasmine Lee - Newport
Student Congressional Debate
State Qualifiers:
Jiadong Gu - Bellevue
Nathanael Kenji Chiang-Lin - Bellevue
Abby Wang - Eastside Prep
Arushi Munshi - Eastside Prep
Aarush Vegulla - Bellevue
Emily Shi - Eastside Prep
Connor James Randall Auld - Mercer Island
Lucas Robbins - Bear Creek
Sriniti Vikram - Overlake
Tessa Baumgarten - Mercer Island
1st Alt. Sahaj Shah - Mercer Island
2nd Alt. Nysa Prasanna - Overlake
Worlds School Debate
District Two Squad I (Bear Creek): Ivan Huang, Alex Moscibroda, Kiran Sinha, Emlyn Thompson, Crystal Zhu
Coach: Dr. Rob Sorensen
No Alternate Listed
District Two Squad II (Newport): Ethan Feng, Sophia Hong, Joseph Hwang, Michelle Imasaki, Varshinee Venkatesan
Coach: Dr. Megan Troutman
No Alternate Listed
District Two Squad III (Bellevue/Overlake): Brooke Alexis Bede (Bellevue), Hailey Samuel (Bellevue), Eileen Wang (Overlake), Alice Zhang (Overlake), Avery Zhang (Overlake)
Coach: Robin Monteith
Bellevue Alternate: Ethan Kuruvilla
Interlake Alternate: Jingqi Li
Overlake Alternate: Henry Zhu
4A Dramatic Interpretation
State Qualifiers:
Dina Bui - Newport
Amelie Berz - Newport
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
Declined Bid
Julia Wen - Redmond
4A Duo Interpretation
State Qualifiers:
Colin Sarabosing & Ian Yu - Newport
Aakash Ghosh & Noah Lee - Redmond
Anushka Agate & Sophia Hu - Newport
Elaine Jiang & Vivian Li - Redmond
Kaira Massand & Shreeya Shah - Redmond
Sahana Samrat & Akshita Tripathy - Newport
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
4A Extemporaneous Speaking
State Qualifiers:
Dylan De Leon - Newport
Ridhi Rao Rao Gundapuneni - Newport
Varshinee Venkatesan - Newport
Joseph Jaemin Hwang - Newport
Ethan Fong - Newport
Sophia Hong - Newport
Risa Sinthunava - Newport
Michelle Imasaki - Newport
Jaslyn Pham - Newport
Aiden Widjaja - Newport
Saharsh Boddam - Newport
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
Declined Bid
Emily Nguyen - Newport
4A Humorous Interpretation
State Qualifiers:
Aakash Ghosh - Redmond
Meera Desai - Redmond
Anushka Agate - Newport
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
4A Impromptu Speaking
State Qualifiers:
Dylan De Leon - Newport
Michelle Imasaki - Newport
Ridhi Rao Rao Gundapuneni - Newport
Graysen Davis - Mount Si
Charvi Juturi - Redmond
Emily Nguyen - Newport
Colin Sarabosing - Newport
Akshita Tripathy - Newport
Shaurya Deb - Mount Si
Brendan Chi - Newport
Ria Khandelwal - Newport
Chloe Choi - Newport
1st Alt. Asmi Singhal - Newport
2nd Alt. Sahana Samrat - Newport
4A Informative Speaking
State Qualifiers:
Zane Chattra - Newport
Ellen Chang - Newport
Alexa Wong - Newport
Yina Hu - Newport
Trenton Lee - Newport
Arihant Jain - Redmond
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
4A Original Oratory
State Qualifiers:
Joseph Jaemin Hwang - Newport
Henglong Dang - Newport
Christine Wing-Yu Leung - Newport
Frances Shen - Newport
Risa Sinthunava - Newport
Dylan Lounegov - Newport
Sarah Yih - Redmond
Jaslyn Pham - Newport
Shresta Jamalpur - Redmond
Mariska Vasnaik - Newport
Zoey McBride - Newport
Julia Wen - Redmond
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
4A Program Oral Interpretation
State Qualifiers:
Kate Claire Gordon - Newport
Tharini Senthil - Newport
Yining Guo - Newport
Sophia Wheeler - Redmond
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
3A Dramatic Interpretation
State Qualifiers:
Amanda Halynn Kim - Bellevue
Alexandra Hatzigeorgiou - Eastside Prep
Meriel A. Seu - Bellevue
Eloise Graves - Bear Creek
Grace Lang - Bellevue
Meiling Hou - Bear Creek
Addie Choi - Bear Creek
Cynthia Brault - Bear Creek
Tarang Yadav - Interlake
Mihika Oruganti - Interlake
1st Alt. Arden Gergen - Bear Creek
2nd Alt.
3A Duo Interpretation
State Qualifiers:
Katya Yekhanina & Crystal Zhu - Bear Creek
Cynthia Brault & Sam Peterson - Bear Creek
Amanda Li & Emily Zhou - Bear Creek
Shaina Gupta & Laya Ramesh - Overlake
Sara Ikeda & Angela Can Zou - Bellevue
Giya Agarwal & Erika Ni - Interlake
Addie Choi & Isabel Zhang - Bear Creek
Selina Rose Hajian & Sophie Nemes - Interlake
Aryanna Cerar & Addison Pietz - Sammamish
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
Declined Bid
Mangai Sundaram & Sheila Zhang - Overlake
3A Extemporaneous Speaking
State Qualifiers:
Fred Coddon - Eastside Prep
Eileen Wang - Overlake
Andrew Ma - Eastside Prep
Alice Zhang - Overlake
Avani Bansal - Overlake
Nikhil Mahesh - Eastside Prep
Ruikuan Zhu - Overlake
Smaran Malakapalli - Overlake
Connor James Randall Auld - Mercer Island
Jiadong Gu - Bellevue
1st Alt. Jacqueline Hsiao - Bellevue
2nd Alt. Ved Anand - Overlake
3A Humorous Interpretation
State Qualifiers:
Mike Mao - Bear Creek
Suhavi Nath - Interlake
Cindy Wenxin Qiu - Interlake
Zicheng Zhou - Bear Creek
Lucas Robbins - Bear Creek
Isabel Zhang - Bear Creek
Madelyne Jean Masters - Bellevue
Jordan Jaffe - Seattle Academy
Yixuan Li - Bear Creek
Kiran Sinha - Bear Creek
1st Alt. Vihaan Dhavse - Interlake
2nd Alt. Harshini Sakthinarayanan - Sammamish
3A Impromptu Speaking
State Qualifiers:
Jadyn Li - Overlake
Muadh Muhammed Chummun - Overlake
Eileen Wang - Overlake
Ethan Matthew Kuruvilla - Bellevue
Chase Dooley - Sammamish
Harrison Tang - Bellevue
Shaina Gupta - Overlake
James Y. Sun - Bellevue
Harrison Kue Sumner - Eastside Prep
Nitin Munugeti - Interlake
1st Alt. Nathanael Kenji Chiang-Lin - Bellevue
2nd Alt. Grace Lang - Bellevue
3A Informative Speaking
State Qualifiers:
Alexander Moscibroda - Bear Creek
Clementine Dunagan - Overlake
Linda Zhao - Bear Creek
Smaran Malakapalli - Overlake
Alexa Hayes - Sammamish
Carmen Spoonemore - Seattle Academy
Hiraani Hew Nam Leung - Bellevue
Hamsini Ramanathan - Seattle Academy
Sophia Moscibroda - Bear Creek
Cici Yang - Bear Creek
1st Alt. Shaina Gupta - Overlake
2nd Alt. Hasini Juluri - Bellevue
3A Original Oratory
State Qualifiers:
Clementine Dunagan - Overlake
Laya Ramesh - Overlake
Emily Leung-Kaplan - Overlake
Diana Lin - Overlake
Carolyn Marie Hughes - Bellevue
Avery Zhang - Overlake
Erika Ni - Interlake
Angela Can Zou - Bellevue
Yeriel Kim - Overlake
Hailey Samuel - Bellevue
1st Alt. Cindy Jiang - Eastside Prep
2nd Alt. Bella Xia - Bear Creek
Declined Bid
Mangai Sundaram - Overlake
Sheila Zhang - Overlake
3A Program Oral Interpretation
State Qualifiers:
Sara Ikeda - Bellevue
Madelyne Jean Masters - Bellevue
Giya Agarwal - Interlake
Linda Zhao - Bear Creek
Haris Mirza - Interlake
Aditi Dewangan - Interlake
Rachel Chinn - Bear Creek
Sam Peterson - Bear Creek
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
4A Original Spoken Word Poetry
Spoken Word Poetry will be added as a trial event for the 2025 and 2026 WIAA State Speech Championships (occurring during the 4A schedule of State Speech Championships).
Each district may enter a similar number of students per allocations as they do for other speech events (up from three per President Kelley as of 1/31/2025).
State Qualifiers:
Emily Nguyen - Newport
Julia Wen - Redmond
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
3A Original Spoken Word Poetry
Spoken Word Poetry will be added as a trial event for the 2025 and 2026 WIAA State Speech Championships (occurring during the 4A schedule of State Speech Championships).
Each district may enter a similar number of students per allocations as they do for other speech events (up from three per President Kelley as of 1/31/2025).
State Qualifiers:
Sanam Srikewal - Bear Creek
Rijul Bhandari - Overlake
Amanda Halynn Kim - Bellevue
Rachel Chinn - Bear Creek
Sriniti Vikram - Overlake
Meiling Hou - Bear Creek
Kiran Sinha - Bear Creek
Grace Lang - Bellevue
Alex Hancock - Seattle Academy
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
Declined Bid
Sara Ikeda - Bellevue
Key
* = competitor has qualified in three plus speech events for state